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SUMMARY:Beyond Belief Community Archival Training Workshop\, Part 1
DESCRIPTION:Where is your community’s history? In a filing cabinet in the church office? In photographs stored in someone’s basement? In newsletters\, meeting minutes\, protest flyers\, membership registers\, email lists\, or boxes that have not been opened in years? \nAs part of Beyond Belief: Religion and Social Change in 1960s Chicago\, the Newberry Library is offering free Community Archival Training Workshops to help religious congregations\, activist and historical organizations\, and community groups preserve and share their histories. \nThese practical\, hands-on workshops are designed for organizations with little or no archival experience. Participants will explore how archives can strengthen community identity\, preserve intergenerational memory\, document organizational achievements\, and ensure that important stories are not lost. \nThe workshops are offered in two parts each year. Participants are welcome to attend either workshop or both\, depending on their interests and needs. \nPart 1 focuses on the big-picture questions of community archiving: Why do archives matter? What should we preserve? How do we involve community members in documenting our history? Participants will learn how to identify archival records\, begin organizing collections\, think through questions of privacy and access\, and make thoughtful decisions about stewardship and sharing. \nPart 2 focuses on the practical aspects of caring for collections over time. Participants will learn safe handling techniques\, affordable preservation strategies\, storage best practices\, and the basics of disaster preparedness. The workshop also introduces digitization and explores the growing challenge of preserving born-digital materials such as email newsletters\, websites\, social media content\, photographs\, and files stored in the cloud. \nEach session includes examples drawn from the Newberry’s collections and Chicago’s rich history of faith communities and social movements\, along with opportunities to discuss participants’ own collections and preservation challenges. \nThe stories of Chicago’s congregations\, community organizations\, and movements for social change are too important to be lost to time\, water damage\, obsolete technology\, or forgotten boxes. Together\, we can help ensure that these histories remain accessible\, meaningful\, and discoverable for future generations. \nIn addition to workshops held at the Newberry\, a limited number of customized on-site trainings are available for organizations interested in developing archival practices tailored to their own collections and communities. Write to belief@newberry.org to inquire about arranging such a workshop. \nThis program is part of Beyond Belief: Religion and Social Change in 1960s Chicago\, a wide-ranging\, multi-year public humanities initiative at the Newberry exploring the role of religious communities in movements for civil rights\, urban change\, activism\, and social transformation in Chicago during the 1960s and beyond. \nBeyond Belief is generously supported by Lilly Endowment Inc.\, through its “Religion and Cultural Institutions” Initiative.
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/beyond-belief-community-archival-training-workshop-part-1/
LOCATION:Newberry Library\, 60 West Walton Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
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SUMMARY:Transformation Through Haitian Kreyol HAMOC's Third Annual Half Day Conference
DESCRIPTION:Transformation Through Haitian Kreyol HAMOC’s Third Annual Half Day Conference\nFREE EVENT\nSaturday\, December 5 | 11am – 3pm\nHarry S. Truman College | 1145 W. Wilson Ave\, Chicago\, IL 60640\nFree On-site Parking \nAbout the Event\nJoin HAMOC at Harry S. Truman College for its Third Annual Half Day Conference.\nHow can Haitian Kreyol continue to Transform Haiti and its people? This half day conference will explore the power of Haitian Kreyol\nFeaturing:\nKeynote Speaker: Johnny Laforet\, Princeton University\nPanel Moderator: Erlin Geffrard\, Indiana University\nPanelists: Myriam Souffrant and Love-Kendy Jourdan \nTransformation Through Haitian Kreyol\nAn exhibition of artwork on loan from the Collection of the Waterloo Center for the Arts\nOn View at HAMOC October 3\, 2026 – January 7\, 2027\nAbout the Exhibition\nThe Waterloo Center for the Arts is proud to present this grouping of objects from its extensive Haitian art collection\, artworks of multiple genres that in one way or another present or project the linguistic and expressive traditions of Haiti. Among the treasures in this exhibition is a large papier-mâché depiction of an immigrant boat covered in Kreyol phrases\, questions\, and prayers as well as a luminous drapo by Myrlande Constant that includes a chant for Ogou\, the lwa of fire\, courage\, and victory. \nAlso included is Alan Lomax’s Haiti with notes by Gage Averill\, which is a portfolio with field notes\, pictures\, and recordings\, all in a beautiful clamshell box. The recordings contain Haitian carnival songs\, rara ceremonies\, and even singing by Zora Neale Hurston. Averill was nominated for a Grammy for this enticing package in 2009. With the assistance of the Library of Congress and the Association for Cultural Equity\, Lomax’s original 1936-37 recordings were repatriated to Haiti after the great earthquake of 2010. \nThe Haitian collection at the Waterloo Center for the Arts is singular\, retaining almost 2\,000 Haitian art objects. Established in 1977\, the collection is recognized as the largest publicly held collection of Haitian art in the United States. The Center strives to share its collection locally\, regionally\, nationally\, and internationally to further appreciation and understanding of Haitian culture. Find out more at www.waterloocenterforthearts.org.
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/transformation-through-haitian-kreyol-hamocs-third-annual-half-day-conference/
LOCATION:Harry S. Truman College\, 1145 W. Wilson Ave\, Chicago\, 60640\, United States
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